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FRAGRANT
fragrant
(adjective) pleasant-smelling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fragrant (comparative more fragrant, superlative most fragrant)
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
Antonyms
• fetid, noisome, pungent, smelly
Source: Wiktionary
Fra"grant, a.
Definition: [fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton.
Syn.
– Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; swetacented; redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic.
– Fra"grant*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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